Mikaela Ruef

Mikaela Ruef
Ruef with Toulouse Métropole Basket in 2017
Personal information
Born (1990-10-20) 20 October 1990
Dayton, Ohio, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Career information
High schoolBeavercreek (Beavercreek, Ohio)
CollegeStanford (2009–2014)
WNBA draft2014: 3rd round, 31st overall pick
Drafted bySeattle Storm
Playing career2014–present
PositionForward
Career history
2014–2015Sydney Uni Flames
2015–2016Launceston Tornadoes
2015–2016Adelaide Lightning
2016–2017Canberra Capitals
2017Hobart Chargers
2017–2018Toulouse Métropole Basket
2019–2023Logan Thunder
2020Charnay Basket Bourgogne Sud
2020Canberra Capitals
2021Charnay Basket Bourgogne Sud
2021–2022Canberra Capitals
2022–2024Townsville Fire
2024North Gold Coast Seahawks
2024–2025Sydney Flames
2025Cairns Dolphins
Career highlights
Stats at Basketball Reference 

Mikaela Ruef (born 20 October 1990[1][2][3][4][5]) is an American-Australian professional basketball player. She played in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) between 2014 and 2025.

Early life

Ruef was born in Dayton, Ohio.[6] She attended Beavercreek High School in Beavercreek, Ohio.[6]

College career

Ruef played five years of college basketball for the Stanford Cardinal. She was part of Stanford's 2009–10 NCAA runner-up team as a freshman. In 2011–12, she appeared in three games before missing the rest of the season due to a foot injury. As a redshirt senior in 2013–14, she was named All-Pac-12 honorable mention.[6]

Professional career

WNBL and France

Ruef made her professional debut with the Sydney Uni Flames of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) in Australia during the 2014–15 season.[7] She joined the Adelaide Lightning for the 2015–16 WNBL season,[8] and the Canberra Capitals for the 2016–17 WNBL season.[9][10]

For the 2017–18 season, Ruef played for Toulouse Métropole Basket in the French LF2. In 24 games, she averaged 17.5 points, 12.0 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.7 steals per game.[7]

After not playing in 2018–19,[7] Ruef joined the Capitals for the 2019–20 WNBL season, but was unable to play due to immigration delays and awaiting permanent residency.[11] On 25 January 2020, after leaving Australia,[11] Ruef had a one-game stint with Charnay Basket Bourgogne Sud of the LFB.[7]

Ruef re-joined the Capitals for the 2020 WNBL Hub season in Queensland, playing 14 games.[7] In January 2021, she re-joined Charnay for the rest of the 2020–21 season.[7]

Ruef re-joined the Capitals for the 2021–22 WNBL season.[7]

With the Townsville Fire during the 2022–23 WNBL season, she helped the team win the WNBL championship.[12] She returned to the Fire for the 2023–24 WNBL season.[12]

Ruef joined the Sydney Flames for the 2024–25 WNBL season. She played seven games to start the season[7] but then missed the rest of the season due to injury.[13]

Australian state leagues

In 2015, Ruef played for the Launceston Tornadoes of the South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL). She was All-SEABL Team and SEABL Defensive Player of the Year.[14] In 23 games, he averaged 16.1 points, 15.0 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game.[15] She returned to the Tornadoes for the 2016 season,[7] averaging 16.0 points, 16.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists in 25 games.[15] With the Hobart Chargers in the 2017 SEABL season, she averaged 15.1 points, 12.6 rebounds and 2.6 assists in 11 games.[15]

Ruef joined the Logan Thunder of the Queensland Basketball League (QBL) for the 2019 season.[7] She was named QBL Most Valuable Player and QBL All-League Team.[16][17] In 2020, she played for the Thunder in the Queensland State League (QSL),[18] where she led the team to the QSL championship.[19] She played for the Thunder, now in the NBL1 North, in the 2021 NBL1 season.[7] She helped the Thunder win the 2021 NBL1 North championship.[20]

With the Thunder in the 2022 NBL1 season, Ruef averaged 20.1 rebounds per game and had three triple-doubles.[7] She scored 50 points on 17 July.[21] With the Thunder in the 2023 NBL1 season, Ruef averaged 22.6 rebounds per game. She had 13 games recording 20 rebounds or more,[7] including a 35-rebound game.[22] She recorded one triple-double for the season.[7]

With the North Gold Coast Seahawks in the NBL1 North in the 2024 NBL1 season,[23] Ruef averaged 21.3 rebounds per game. She had 11 games recording 20 rebounds or more,[7] including a 33-rebound game.[24] She recorded three triple-double for the season.[7]

Ruef had a two-game stint with the Cairns Dolphins in the 2025 NBL1 North season.[7]

Stanford statistics

Source[25]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2009-10 Stanford 23 19 40.0 12.5 40.0 0.7 0.3 - - 0.8
2010-11 Stanford 34 72 40.6 16.7 52.0 2.9 1.4 0.4 0.3 2.1
2011-12 Stanford 3 0 - - - 2.3 0.3 0.3 - 0.0
2012-13 Stanford 36 151 40.9 8.3 52.8 6.6 2.2 0.5 0.6 4.2
2013-14 Stanford 37 262 41.9 21.7 59.0 9.3 3.3 1.0 0.4 7.1
Career Totals 133 504 41.0 16.4 55.4 5.3 1.9 0.5 0.3 3.8

References

  1. ↑ "Mikaela Ruef". NBL1.com.au. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  2. ↑ "Mikaela Ruef". ESPN. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  3. ↑ "Adelaide Lightning Players". wnbl.com.au/adelaide. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  4. ↑ "UC Capitals Players". wnbl.com.au/uc_capitals. Archived from the original on 28 March 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  5. ↑ "Players". wnbl.basketball/uc-capitals. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  6. 1 2 3 "Mikaela Ruef - Women's Basketball 2013-14". Stanford Cardinal - Official Athletics Website. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "Mikaela Ruef". australiabasket.com. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  8. ↑ "Player statistics for Mikaela Ruef". Fox Sports Pulse. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  9. ↑ Tuxworth, Jon (12 May 2016). "WNBL: Canberra Capitals begin rebuild by signing Lauren Mansfield, Mikaela Ruef". Canberra Times. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  10. ↑ Page, Fleta (13 May 2016). "Mikaela Ruef and Lauren Mansfield sign with Canberra Capitals". Canberra Times. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  11. 1 2 "Mikaela Ruef to leave for France as immigration delays put her WNBL comeback on hold". UC Capitals. 14 January 2020. Archived from the original on 15 January 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  12. 1 2 "Mikaela Ruef is back in Fire colours". Townsville Fire. Archived from the original on 10 December 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  13. ↑ Hustwaite, Megan (25 February 2025). "WNBL Weekly: Perth Lynx's Coffey problem, injuries flame Sydney". ESPN.com. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  14. ↑ "2015 AWARD WINNERS". seabl.com.au. 13 September 2015. Archived from the original on 16 September 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  15. 1 2 3 "Mikaela Ruef - Player Statistics SEABL 2017". GameDay. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  16. ↑ "The official BQ #QBL19 MVPs have been announced..." facebook.com/basketballqld. 28 August 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  17. ↑ "Congratulations to the following players for being selected in the All-Star 5 All League Team for the #QBL19 season!". facebook.com/basketballqld. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  18. ↑ Williams, Peter (4 November 2020). "2020 QSL team review: Logan Thunder". Basketball Rookie Me Central. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  19. ↑ Williams, Peter (25 October 2020). "QSL Women's Grand Final: Logan Thunder completes perfect season". central.rookieme.com. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  20. ↑ "NBL1 North Women's Championship Series Game 2 Recap". nbl1.com.au. 11 September 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  21. ↑ Williams, Peter (19 July 2022). "NBL1 North Player Focus: Mikaela Ruef". Basketball Rookie Me Central. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  22. ↑ Badkin, Liam (18 July 2023). "Raising the Ruef; star controls the skies". Basketball Rookie Me Central. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  23. ↑ "Mikaela Ruef Joins Seahawks For 2024". seahawksbasketball.com.au. 11 October 2023. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  24. ↑ Pike, Chris (1 June 2024). "Recap NBL1 North | Heritage Round Saturday". NBL1.com.au. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  25. ↑ "NCAA® Career Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
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